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Question 1 of 10

1. Question

The ‘reds’ were

Mensheviks

Bolsheviks

Socialist Revolutionaries

Democratic Party

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Non-Bolshevik socialists, liberals and supporters of autocracy condemned the Bolshevik uprising. Their leaders moved to south Russia and organised troops to fight the Bolsheviks (the ‘reds’).

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Non-Bolshevik socialists, liberals and supporters of autocracy condemned the Bolshevik uprising. Their leaders moved to south Russia and organised troops to fight the Bolsheviks (the ‘reds’).

Question 2 of 10

2. Question

When did the Tsar abdicate the throne?

2nd January, 1917

2nd March, 1917

5th April, 1917

6th May, 1917

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Military commanders advised him to abdicate. He followed their advice and abdicated on 2 March. Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a Provisional Government to run the country.

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Military commanders advised him to abdicate. He followed their advice and abdicated on 2 March. Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a Provisional Government to run the country.

Question 3 of 10

3. Question

What do you mean by ‘Kulaks’?

Security Police

Well-to-do peasants

Landless labourers

None of the Above

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In 1928, Party members toured the grain-producing areas, supervising enforced grain collections, and raiding ‘kulaks’ – the name for well-to-do peasants.

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In 1928, Party members toured the grain-producing areas, supervising enforced grain collections, and raiding ‘kulaks’ – the name for well-to-do peasants.

Question 4 of 10

4. Question

Which one of the following refers to the secret police of Russia?

Cheka

Gestapo

Security Police

F.B.I.

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The secret police (called the Cheka first, and later OGPU and NKVD) punished those who criticised the Bolsheviks.

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The secret police (called the Cheka first, and later OGPU and NKVD) punished those who criticised the Bolsheviks.

Question 5 of 10

5. Question

After 1905, most committees and trade unions were:

Declared illegal

Declared legal

Active

None of the above

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After 1905, most committees and unions worked unofficially, since they were declared illegal. Severe restrictions were placed on political activity.

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After 1905, most committees and unions worked unofficially, since they were declared illegal. Severe restrictions were placed on political activity.

Question 6 of 10

6. Question

Which one of the following demands was not included in ‘‘April Theses’’ of Lenin?

End of World War I

Formation of Duma

Transfer of land to peasants

Nationalisation of banks

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Vladimir Lenin declared that the war be brought to a close, land be transferred to the peasants, and banks be nationalised. These three demands were Lenin’s ‘April Theses’.

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Vladimir Lenin declared that the war be brought to a close, land be transferred to the peasants, and banks be nationalised. These three demands were Lenin’s ‘April Theses’.

Question 7 of 10

7. Question

Which group was the supporter of women’s ‘Suffragette Movements’?

Liberals

Conservatives

Radicals

None of the Above

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Radicals wanted a nation in which government was based on the majority of a country’s population. Many supported women’s suffragette movements.

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Radicals wanted a nation in which government was based on the majority of a country’s population. Many supported women’s suffragette movements.

Question 8 of 10

8. Question

Who started ‘Collectivisation Programme’ in Russia?

Tsar Nicholas

Karl Marx

Lenin

Stalin

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Stalin, who headed the party after the death of Lenin believed that rich peasants and traders in the countryside were holding stocks in the hope of higher prices. Speculation had to be stopped and supplies confiscated.
From 1929, the Party forced all peasants to cultivate in collective farms (kolkhoz). The bulk of land and implements were transferred to the ownership of collective farms. Peasants worked on the land, and the kolkhoz profit was shared.

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Stalin, who headed the party after the death of Lenin believed that rich peasants and traders in the countryside were holding stocks in the hope of higher prices. Speculation had to be stopped and supplies confiscated.
From 1929, the Party forced all peasants to cultivate in collective farms (kolkhoz). The bulk of land and implements were transferred to the ownership of collective farms. Peasants worked on the land, and the kolkhoz profit was shared.

Question 9 of 10

9. Question

The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in:

1898 by Socialists

1899 by Communists

1899 by Socialists

1898 by Communists

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All political parties were illegal in Russia before 1914. The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in 1898 by socialists who respected Marx’s ideas. However, because of government policing, it had to operate as an illegal organisation. It set up a newspaper, mobilised workers and organised strikes.

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All political parties were illegal in Russia before 1914. The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in 1898 by socialists who respected Marx’s ideas. However, because of government policing, it had to operate as an illegal organisation. It set up a newspaper, mobilised workers and organised strikes.

Question 10 of 10

10. Question

Which religion was followed by most of the people of Russian Empire?

Catholics

Protestants

Russian Orthodox Christianity

Russian Catholics

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The Russian empire included current-day Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, parts of Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. It stretched to the Pacific and comprised today’s Central Asian states, as well as Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The majority religion was Russian Orthodox Christianity – which had grown out of the Greek Orthodox Church – but the empire also included Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Buddhists.

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The Russian empire included current-day Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, parts of Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. It stretched to the Pacific and comprised today’s Central Asian states, as well as Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The majority religion was Russian Orthodox Christianity – which had grown out of the Greek Orthodox Church – but the empire also included Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Buddhists.